HR 246 United States House · 118th Congress

Marginal Well Protection Act

The Marginal Well Protection Act amends the Clean Air Act to exempt small oil and gas wells from a methane emissions and waste reduction program. Specifically, it excludes facilities producing less than 15 barrels of oil per day and less than 90 thousand cubic feet of natural gas per day from the program's requirements. This directly affects small-scale producers operating "marginal wells" by removing them from the program's scope. The bill does not create new requirements but adjusts the definition of "applicable facility" to exclude these smallest operations.
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